An integral part of the life of someone involved in the arts is the recognition or attention that comes from the public reacting to the particular area of the artist’s work. Indeed, that response is ultimately the main barometer one can use to determine how the artist is embraced by the society he/she inhabits. Of course, a big factor in the span of the artist’s appeal frequently has to do with his/her involvement with the popular forms of the day, so that someone starting out in music, for example, is likely to achieve success more quickly by concentrating on those popular forms and for the ground-breaking or highly innovative artist, working outside those accepted forms can make for some very lean times.
